The Vaudoise Aréna (provisionally known as Espace Malley) is a multi-purpose

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located in

Prilly Prilly () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is one of the western suburbs of the city of Lausanne. History Prilly is first mentioned around 976-77 as . By 1185 it was known ...

, a western suburb of

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in Switzerland. Opened in September 2019, it was built on the site of the former, now demolished, CIG de Malley which it replaced to host the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. The arena serves as the home for Lausanne HC of the

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(NL).

History

The facility was built for hosting the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and is one of two venues that was intended to host the

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, though at a reduced capacity of 8,500. The complex includes three ice rinks (the main ice rink, a training field and an outdoor ice rink). The plans also include a fencing center, a table tennis hall and a swimming pool with three pools and 1,000 spectator seats that is scheduled for completion in 2021. Vaudoise Aréna is the center of the new Malley Sports Centre. Provisionally named Espace Malley, the facility adopted its final name in September 2018, after a sponsorship agreement with the insurance company . Local hockey clubs played in a temporary 6,700-seat ice rink (Malley 2.0), following the closure of Patinoire de Malley in 2017 and while construction work on the 9,600-seat Vaudoise Aréna took place. It was established as the largest temporary ice hockey arena in the world. 24 September 2019 saw its inaugural match of the 2019–20 NL season, which was between Lausanne and Genève-Servette HC. The Genevans won this Lemanic derby with a score of 5–3.

Events

On 30 September 2019, Lausanne HC hosted the

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of the

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for a gala match as part of the "2019 Global Series NHL Challenge". Leading 4–0 early in the second period, the Swiss team defeated the Pennsylvania franchise (4–3). The venue will host matches for the 2028 European Men's Handball Championship. It will also host matches for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. In July 2020, the Pétanque World Championships was supposed to be held at Vaudoise Aréna, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaudoise Aréna Buildings and structures in the canton of Vaud Ice hockey venues in Switzerland 2019 establishments in Switzerland Indoor arenas in Switzerland Sports venues in Lausanne Sports venues completed in 2019 Venues of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 21st-century architecture in Switzerland

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